Clark County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 41 deaths in 41 fatal crashes in Clark County in 2024.

FARS records 324 deaths in 300 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Washington in the same years is 8.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Clark County was number 6 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Clark County rose by 40.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (230) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (324).

In the counties of Washington the deaths rose by 22.3% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 30.0% of the fatal crashes in Clark County with a known setting were rural, against 41.9% in Washington.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Clark County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	41	41	12
2023	37	34	14
2022	38	38	13
2021	36	31	8
2020	40	35	10
2019	27	24	9
2018	33	28	7
2017	28	28	9
2016	20	20	7
2015	24	21	6
2015 to 2024	324	300	95

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Clark County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 43 (1978)2024: 41

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	41	41
2023	37	34
2022	38	38
2021	36	31
2020	40	35
2019	27	24
2018	33	28
2017	28	28
2016	20	20
2015	24	21
2014	35	32
2013	20	18
2012	19	19
2011	16	16
2010	24	22
2009	14	13
2008	15	14
2007	32	28
2006	23	21
2005	32	30
2004	17	15
2003	18	17
2002	38	33
2001	22	22
2000	24	24
1999	33	33
1998	19	19
1997	26	24
1996	36	33
1995	25	22
1994	28	27
1993	39	34
1992	39	38
1991	32	30
1990	36	29
1989	33	31
1988	27	23
1987	24	23
1986	25	24
1985	34	32
1984	30	25
1983	30	28
1982	27	25
1981	30	28
1980	42	38
1979	39	35
1978	43	35
1977	31	26
1976	31	24
1975	34	29

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Clark County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clark County	Washington	United States
2024	7.8	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.5	8.2	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Clark County had 526,241 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 300 fatal crashes	95	300 fatal crashes	31.7%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 300 fatal crashes	112	300 fatal crashes	37.3%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 153 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	153 occupant deathswith restraint use known	32.7%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 324 deaths	73	324 deaths	22.5%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 324 deaths	8	324 deaths	2.5%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 324 deaths	65	324 deaths	20.1%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 297 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	297 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.0%	41.9%
In the darkof 298 fatal crashes with the condition reported	148	298 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.7%	47.7%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Clark County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	14	4	15	20	53
Monday	8	10	5	13	36
Tuesday	3	14	12	9	38
Wednesday	9	8	10	19	46
Thursday	4	6	8	17	35
Friday	6	6	14	16	42
Saturday	9	8	9	24	50
All days	53	56	73	118	300

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Clark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	50	16.9%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	23	7.8%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	72	24.3%	30.8%
Minor arterial	60	20.3%	19.2%
Major collector	50	16.9%	18.2%
Minor collector	15	5.1%	3.8%
Local	26	8.8%	9.5%
Not reported	4	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Clark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	132
Dark, not lighted	70
Dark, lighted	78
Dawn	7
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Clark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	200
Cloudy	58
Rain	31
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clark	In all of Washington
Interstate 5	Interstate	28	390
Interstate 205	Interstate	23	23
State Route 14	State highway	18	52
State Route 503	State highway	20	29

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Washington

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Clark County on the county map of Washington

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1018 counties
10 to 14.98 counties
15 to 19.94 counties
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more5 counties
Clark County: 6.5

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Washington

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Clark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	Oregon	6	67	12.8
Multnomah County	Oregon	78	689	8.6
Cowlitz County	Washington	23	125	11.4
Skamania County	Washington	1 or 2	37	30.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Washington have a population nearest to that of Clark County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Washington Traffic Safety CommissionThe highway safety office of Washington.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Clark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 230 deaths in Clark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 324 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clark in 2024?

The rate of Clark County in 2024 was 7.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Washington was 9.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Clark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 95 of 300 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Clark?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 89 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.